Amanda Curtin Amanda Curtin i(A57036 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Kathleen O'Connor of Paris Amanda Curtin , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2018 14312356 2018 single work biography

'In 1906, Kathleen O'Connor left conservative Perth, where her famous father's life had ended in tragedy. She had her sights set on a career in thrilling, bohemian Paris. More than a century later, novelist Amanda Curtin faces her own questions, of life and of art, as she embarks on a journey in Kate's footsteps.

'Part biography, part travel narrative, this is the story of an artist in a foreign land who, with limited resources and despite the impacts of war and loss, worked and exhibited in Paris for over forty years. Kate's distinctive figure paintings, portraits and still lifes, highly prized today, form an inseparable part of the telling.' (Publication summary)

1 Towards Metamorphosis Amanda Curtin , 2015 single work prose
— Appears in: Purple Prose 2015; (p. 175-186)
1 Pearls Amanda Curtin , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 15 no. 1 2015;
1 Zing in the Tale : What Makes a Great Book? Writers Share the Stories that Have Made Them Laugh and Cry - and More than a Little Envious A. J. Betts , Craig Silvey , Amanda Curtin , Danny Katz , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 18-19 January 2014; (p. 10-13)
1 8 y separately published work icon Elemental Amanda Curtin , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2013 Z1934957 2013 single work novel

'It has taken a lifetime for me to see that the more afraid people are of the darkness, the further into it they will flee.

'Nearing the end of her life, Meggie Tulloch takes up her pen to write a story for her granddaughter. It begins in the first years of the twentieth century, in a place where howling winds spin salt and sleet sucked up from icefloes.

'A place where lives are ruled by men, and men by the witchy sea. A place where the only thing lower than a girl in the order of things is a clever girl with accursed red hair. A place schooled in keeping secrets.

'Moving from the north-east of Scotland to the Shetland Isles to Fremantle, Australia, Elemental is a novel about the life you make from the life you are given.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 On the Uses of the Dead to the Living Amanda Curtin , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 127 2011; (p. 93-99)
1 10 y separately published work icon Inherited Amanda Curtin , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2011 Z1821014 2011 selected work short story 'A dancer in a wheelchair. A collector of corks. One woman seduced by a mountain and another by Freddo Frogs. A man who hears his dead wife's voice. A poet whose voice has disappeared. A photographer distilling grief in his lens. A sound designer stealing the sound of a room. Inherited brings together nineteen stories about the gifts and burdens we inherit from the world or from those we love, and what we, in turn, leave behind. [From the publisher's website]
1 The Sound of a Room Amanda Curtin , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: The Kid on the Karaoke Stage and Other Stories 2011; (p. 97-106) White Knuckle Ride 2014; (p. 143-151)
1 Gratitude Amanda Curtin , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 55 no. 2 2010; (p. 171-179)
1 The Properties of Glass Amanda Curtin , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Lines in the Sand : New Writing from Western Australia 2008; (p. 15-17)
1 Live Forever Amanda Curtin , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 68 no. 1 2008; (p. 128-137)
1 12 y separately published work icon The Sinkings Amanda Curtin , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2008 Z1517876 2008 single work novel crime historical fiction

'In 1882 dismembered human remains were discovered at a lonely campsite called the Sinkings near Albany, Western Australia. The surgeon conducting the autopsy claimed they were those of a woman. Why, then, was the victim identified as Little Jock, a sandalwood-cutter and former convict? And why was the murder so brutal, so gruesome?

'More than a hundred years later, Willa Samson embarks on a search to find out. A recluse after having lost her daughter, Willa is drawn back into the world as she negotiates archives, communicates with family historians, and journeys to Scotland, Northern Ireland and England looking for clues to her questions.

'The Sinkings is a story within a story, the portrayal of a figure from the margins of history embedded within a contemporary narrative of a mother's guilt and grief.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 'But It's Fiction!' : Getting It Right When You're Editing Fiction Amanda Curtin , 2007 single work essay
— Appears in: Island , Spring no. 110 2007; (p. 18-27)
1 Synapses Amanda Curtin , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Indigo , Winter no. 1 2007; (p. 17-23)
1 Sarah's Ark Amanda Curtin , 2004 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 97 2004; (p. 85-92)
1 The Prospect of Grace Amanda Curtin , 2001 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 46 no. 2001; (p. 7-16)
1 Hamburger Moon Amanda Curtin , 2000 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 82 2000; (p. 87-91)
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